NEO_ARTEFACTS is an experimental initiative by Fazleen Karlan that looks into the intersection between art and archaeology.
Drawing from her past experience as a post-excavation technician, NEO_ARTEFACTS seeks to reassemble fragments of material from different timeframes, constructing personal and cultural realities. Growing up as a millennial, the works conflate a variety of influences including the rise of the Internet and its material culture. NEO_ARTEFACTS has presented in several group exhibitions in Singapore and was an Artist-in-Residence with NTU Centre for Contemporary Art between April - August 2022.
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Hanya Tinggal Kenangan
Hanya Tinggal Kenangan visualises an excavation of contemporary culture in our fast-paced present.
The installation delves into the impending revamp of Bugis Village Shopping Street. For many growing up in Singapore during the 2000s, the shopping street was a place of youthful experimentations, contributing to a testament of younger self/selves that once existed. Confined in these translucent boxes are a wide array of objects from the site.
While they may seem commonplace, their value for preservation is in the memories they symbolise. In this act of gathering them all together, Hanya Tinggal Kenangan is an ongoing work that maps out physical erasures while negotiating ways of remembering their narratives.
Text: Syaheedah Iskandar
Photos: Ruey Loon
>>> First presented as part of POCARI SWEAT, 2020
︎ Exhibition ︎ Be̶t̶w̶e̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ Living a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶ Archive
The installation delves into the impending revamp of Bugis Village Shopping Street. For many growing up in Singapore during the 2000s, the shopping street was a place of youthful experimentations, contributing to a testament of younger self/selves that once existed. Confined in these translucent boxes are a wide array of objects from the site.
While they may seem commonplace, their value for preservation is in the memories they symbolise. In this act of gathering them all together, Hanya Tinggal Kenangan is an ongoing work that maps out physical erasures while negotiating ways of remembering their narratives.
Text: Syaheedah Iskandar
Photos: Ruey Loon
>>> First presented as part of POCARI SWEAT, 2020
︎ Exhibition ︎ Be̶t̶w̶e̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ Living a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶ Archive
plaster, sand, concrete, found objects, acrylic case, construction barrier
2020-ongoing
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2020-ongoing
